In an American horror film, you usually have a character and a shot of them. Then their point-of-view moving down a hallway, approaching a door and they`re coming closer to the door. And a hand reaches for the knob, and you know, the moment or the moment before or the moment after, based on the timing of the editor and the director, there`ll be a big moment of an attack or a scare. What Shimizu does is a moment where Sarah Michelle Gellar is opening this closet, to see what`s inside, and we Americans think something is going to jump out, there`s nothing in the closet but darkness. And then you start to realize, within that darkness, you see a shape. Is it a knee? Oh, yes it`s a knee, and there`s a face in there. That`s always been there. That I can just perceive within the blackness. And it unnerves me in the freakiest way! And in a completely different way than the sledgehammer technique of some of our cruder American directors. (pause) Such as myself!"
- Sam RaimiIn a situation where you don`t think any of your roommates are home and you locked the door before you left, the first thing you should do before even putting the key in the door is turn the knob, ... If it turns, you should already be thinking that something might be wrong.
- Arthur MitchellDon`t you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There`s one marked `Brightness,` but it doesn`t work.
- Gallagher